Combined sword and pistol.



A. SERAFIN.

COMBINED swam) AND PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12' I917- Patented D60. 4, '1917.

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i e it known thatI, ALEKSANDER SEBAFIN; tizen of Russia, residing at Utica, in the ountywof Oneida and State of NewYorkr provements in CombinedSwordsr and: Pistols'gwof which the following is aspecificm .tion. a i This invention relates toacertain new and useful improvements in combined swords in and istols. t 1 1 1 .1 h primaryobjeet of the present inventionhis tocombine 1n a single structure, a sword and pistol, wherem a plstol orwrevolver of ordmary construction is capable;-

.ofgbeing only slightly modified to be pro-r vided with the particular form of sword andhandguard herein disclosed.

provide in a single structure a combined I. swordand "pistol wherein the sword blade "is \figred to the gun barrel and cartridge carrier 50 13111113 in breaking down the gun; the sword also lowered, the particular construction} With the'above objects inview and others that-will appear as the nature of the inveni so in the novel construction, combination and described, illustrated the accompanymg 1 drawings, and then clalmed.

In-Tthe drawing formlngs a characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views:-

Fi ure 1 1s a 'slde elevational view of the" I combined pistol and sword constructed in 40 accordance with the resent invention, with the sword blade partlally broken away, and showing in dotted line position the gun and sword as broken down, 1 r

a Fig. 2 isa cross sectional "view taken upon flpi.45line IIII of Fig. 1 showing the manner a of connecting the sword blade to the hand a d-a f .IIFig. 3 is .adetail sectional view of a porjptionjof the two-part hand guard showing 450 the latch connection between the adjacent guard sections moved on their piv- J inrxsntseesem fine em ion; Y 1

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. ave invented certainnew: and useful in locked positionsh A further object of the inventionyis" to pivotally mounted to :the gun frame. and.

hand guardrfacilitating this movement.

ti'on is better understood, the same consists arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully part *ofi this application, and in which like designating- Fig. 4=is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing 7 otal connection andwith the latch-disengaged and n Fig. 5 s aftop plan'view of the form shown in Fig. 3, and partially ShOWIL'iH section, better to illustrate the springpressed latch for retaining the hand guard sections Referring more i panying drawing, and "particularly to Fig. 1, the reference numerallOdesignates the frame portion of a revolver having a handle stock 11" and a barrel portion 12 pivotally connected "tothe frame in the usual man-- ner and carrying the cartridge "magazine 13.

pistol frame I 7 The forward portion of the 10 lSFblfIlICttGd to-provide a pair of cars 14: lgetween which a dependingplat-e 15 carried 7 the pin 16. 1

The'plate 15 has depending spaced arms 17 shownmore clearly in Figsrl and 2 and betweenwhicharms 17 the rear-end of the sword blade 18 is positioned and retained by" the transverse fastening members 19 passing therethrough.

r j A hand guard is provided for theLisword blade 18,j the same beingformed of two members 20 and 21hingedly connected as at 22' at a point substantiallymidway the ends thereof while the j rear attaching end the barrel 12is pivotally mounted upon Pa e e e 1 -A licationfiled September 12, 1917. Serial No. 190,988.

L i p l 11 detail to the-accom' -X of the section21 is pivotallyconnected as at 23to the stock ll ofthe" pistol. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the forward endof the latch including a spring-pressed bolt 25 engaged at its rear end by the spring 26 arranged in the socket 27 provided in the hand guard section 20 whi1e'the nose end 28 of said latch is adapted to be received in the socket or keeper opening 29 in the adjacent end portion of the hand guard section 21. As shown in Figs. 3 to 5, the hand guard section 20 is provided with a transverse slot 30 through which a pin 31 connected to the latch25 is adapted to project and is provided upon the opposite protecting ends thereof with operating heads 32.

From the above hand guard portion 20 is pivotallyconnected I as at 24: between the depending lower ends detail description of the 

